Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-22
News Notes.

terday amounted to $780,, 1892.
A contract has just been made for
1000 900 brick for new hotel on 9th
street, corner of Main.
Chang Kim was arrested yesterday
by Officer jackson for violating the
license ordinance.
The cornerstone of the new Turn
verein hall will be laid in about three
weeks with imposing ceremonies.
A. L. Clough was arrested yester-
day on Alameda street by Officer
Little for assault with deadly
weapon.
The copies OF the new statutes
adopted by the last Legislature were
yesterday received by the County
Clerk and will to-day be distributed
to the different justices of the peace
throughout the county.
The Porter Land and Water Com
pany yesterday purchased the corner
property of Major Martin Murnane at
San Fernando for site for hotel, at
a cost of $4,000. The property is
southwest of the present depot, along
side the park.
The officers of the Los Angeles Car
bon and Fertilizer Company, whose
articles ofincorporation were filed yes
terday, are: A. Scott Chapman, presi-
dent F. p. Quigley, vice-pre sident
and manager; A. E. Pomeroy, treas
urer; +. ID. McClees, secretary.
The Perkins Baldwin case will be
called in Judge O'Melveny's court
next Monday morning. 1t is said that
there will be much new testimony on
both sides, and that the forthcom ing
trial will be, if anything, more sal aci-
Gus than the last.
This evening there will be socia
at Bridges Hall for the benefit Of thel
Fast Los Angeles Epiphany mission.
The admission will be 25 cents, and re-
freshments will cost Is cents extra.
1t is expected that there will be large
attendance, and all will have a de-
lightful time.
Hon. ]. J. McDade, Grand Presi-
dent Y. M. l., will arrive to-day from
San Diego. He will be met by..a COM
mittee from local branches, and his
stay in town made as pleasant as pos
sible. He will be rendered reception
this evening in Masonic Hall by
Branches IA and SO and to which the
public are cordially invited.
Mrs. Harvey Rich, of Dallas, is in
Los Angeles in search of her husban d,
whom she cannot find About week
prior to her arrival here he left his
position at the Philadelphia brewery,
and she can find no trace of him since.
She is stopping at No. $40 Seventh
street, and would like any one who
knows where he is to send her word.
The thermometer reached 92 degrees
in this city yesterday. AT riverside
it went to 105 degrees. The weat her
was the reverse of cool, but at the
same time no cases of sunstroke were
reported. The mercury might escap
from the top of the thermometer in
this country and the people would go
along and attend to their business as
usual.
Bicknell & White, attorneys for the
trustees of the Irvine estate, are
busy preparing an answer to the COM
plant Of Mr.. Davis, who thinks the
San Joaquin ranch should have been
sold to him. Both parties to the suit
are anxious for speedy adjudication
OF the matter, and there is no DISPOSE
ton to put the ranch into expensive
and prolonged litigation.
A petition is being circulated and
numerously signed by people in this
city who have landed interests on the
north side Of Antelope valley, asking
that Mr.. P. G. Sutton be ap ointed
Postmaster at Rosamond vice Col. T
S. Harris, resigned. 1t is to be hoped
trat the Department will favorably
consider the petition, as postotiice al
Rosamond is a necessity.
At last accounts the miscreants who
tried to wreck the train at or ne ar Ros
amond, had not nscaptured. The
Times story was not manufactured out
of whole cloth. A poor half-witted
fellow imagined that he saw pile o.
ties on the track at the place men,
terday and told the story. The Times
reporter did not wilfully misrepresent,
but simply published the statement OF
an idiot.
Yesterday afternoon horse at
tached to blackboard deliberately
jumped off the embankment ON Main
street where the excavation is made
for Mayberg's new store and fell to the
bottom OF the cellar. He alighted on
his back and the wagon fell on top OF
him. The horse was extracted after
some trouble and was found not to
have sustained such serious injuries
as his fall warranted. The outfit
belonged to Mr.. Stratton, the con-
tractor of the building.
Under Sheriff Mitchell yesterday
received from the Lefevre company
one of the finest guns ever brought to
this coast. 1t is hammerless gun
and has two sets of adjustable barrels,
one pair twelve bore shot gun barrels
and the other pair regulation gauge
rife barrels. This gun was designed
and specially ordered by the Major
and he now has shooting iron that
no grade Of game is safe before. By
the-way Major Mitchell knows "a
little more about guns and sporting
matters in general than most any
other man in these parts.